WHITTIER, Calif. - The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week has six other children and never expected to have eight more when she took fertility treatment, her mother said. ...more

January 30, 2009

Since leaving the Senate in 1995, U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell has taken on one seemingly intractable problem after another. ...more

January 26, 2009

Good Care In Canada Here we go again, knocking Canada's Health Care. (Thomas Sowell, "Health Care Frauds," Jan. 10) ...more

January 13, 2009

10 to 30 Number of main tunnel shafts thought to run under the Gaza-Egyptian border at any one time ...more

January 12, 2009

Sources: Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press ...more

January 9, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies out of government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending. ...more

January 8, 2009

$418 Cost per 1,000 cubic meters that Gazprom wants Ukraine to pay for natural gas ...more

January 4, 2009

Our initial reaction to the "Barack the Magic Negro" controversy was to ignore it. For Chip Saltsman, a candidate to chair the Republican National Committee, to send out a Christmas CD to other party officials that included the offensive, un-funny parody was such an evidently boneheaded move that it didn't seem to require our comment. RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, who is seeking reelection, said he was "shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate." ...more

January 3, 2009

The chairman of the Republican National Committee today admonished one of his potential successors for giving members a CD featuring a song called "Barack the Magic Negro." ...more

December 27, 2008

Let's state the obvious: These are difficult times for the newspaper business. ...more

December 14, 2008